Chapter 3

THE BUGLE CALLS

XXIII THE EMPTY HOUSE XXIV THE SINGING WOMAN XXV WHITE VIOLETS XXVI THE HOPE OF THE WORLD XXVII MARCHING FEET XXVIII SIX DAYS XXIX "HE CAME TO THE WARS!"

ILLUSTRATIONS

"I shall come back for more" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"I haven't anything left--for you"

"If anything should happen, you will remember?"

"These are my jewels"